AN EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTS OF NOISE ON STUDENTS IN THE MAIN LIBRARY OF UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA
AN EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTS OF NOISE ON STUDENTS IN THE MAIN LIBRARY OF UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA
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2013-11
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DODO, M. ABUBAKAR, Muawiya
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Abstract
The physical environment of a building should be within an optimal control level well enough
to satisfy the needs of its occupants. Noise as a pollutant affects the productivity and morale
of people. This paper investigates student's perception on the effects of noise in the Main
Library of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. Two hundred and sixty five students that come from
over fifteen countries were surveyed. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data on
student's perception to noise and its subsequent effect. Eta cross tabulation was used to
establish relationships on the effects of noise and students perception. Results reveal positive
relationships with small, medium and large categories of effects. Furthermore, while
headache, feeling heavy headed and lack of concentration, were significantly related to
student's perception, all other effects were not. As such, findings revealed that the more noise
is perceived not manageable, the more its effect on headache, feeling heavy headed and lack
of concentration towards the students. It was thus concluded that noise affects students in the
library and can lower productivity in reading and learning of the students. The study
recommends that sources of noise should be improved upon through adequate education and
enforcement of library regulations.
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